Atos 13

1 E na igreja que estava em Antiochia havia alguns profetas e doutores, a saber: Barnabé e Simeão, chamado Níger, e Lúcio Cireneu, e Manahen, que fôra criado com Herodes o tetrarca, e Saulo.

Now there were certain prophets and teachers in the church that was at Antioch; Barnabas, and Simeon, who is called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who was brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 E, servindo eles ao Senhor, e jejuando, disse o Espírito Santo: apartai-me a Barnabé e a Saulo para a obra para que os tenho chamado.

And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to the work to which I have called them.

3 Então, jejuando e orando, e pondo sobre eles as mãos, os despediram.

Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 Estes então, enviados pelo Espírito Santo, desceram a Seleucia e dali navegaram para Chypre.

Therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus.

5 E, chegados a Salamina, anunciavam a palavra de Deus nas sinagogas dos judeus; e tinham também a João por ministro.

And while they were in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogue of the Jews; and they had John as their attendant.

6 E, havendo atravessado a ilha até Paphos, acharam um certo judeu mágico, falso profeta, chamado Bar-Jesus,

And having gone through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus;

7 O qual estava com o próconsul Sérgio Paulo, varão prudente. Este, chamando a si Barnabé e Saulo, procurava muito ouvir a palavra de Deus.

and he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was a man of intelligence. This man called for Barnabas and Saul, and expressed an earnest wish to hear the word of God.

8 Mas resistia-lhes Elymas, o encantador (que assim se interpreta o seu nome), procurando apartar da fé o próconsul.

But the magician Elymas (for this is his name, when translated) withstood them, desiring to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

9 Porém Saulo, que também se chama Paulo, cheio do Espírito Santo, e fixando os olhos nele, disse:

Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking earnestly upon him,

10 Ó filho do diabo, cheio de todo o engano e de toda a malícia, inimigo de toda a justiça, não cessarás de perturbar os retos caminhos do Senhor?

said: O full of all deceit and all wickedness, child of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 Eis-aí, pois, agora contra ti a mão do Senhor, e ficarás cego, sem ver o sol por algum tempo. E no mesmo instante a escuridão e as trevas cairam sobre ele, e, andando em redor, buscava a quem o guiasse pela mão

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about and sought some to lead him by the hand.

12 Então o próconsul, vendo o que havia acontecido, creu, maravilhado da doutrina do Senhor.

Then the proconsul, seeing what was done, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

13 E, partindo de Paphos, Paulo e os que estavam com ele chegaram a Perge, cidade da Pamphylia. Porém João, apartando-se deles, voltou para Jerusalém.

And Paul and his companions put to sea from Paphos, and went to Perga in Pamphylia. But John withdrew from them, and returned to Jerusalem.

14 E eles, saindo de Perge, chegaram a Antiochia, da Pisídia, e, entrando na sinagoga, num dia de sábado, assentaram-se;

But having passed through from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and on the sabbath-day they went into the synagogue, and sat down.

15 E, depois da lição da lei e dos profetas, lhes mandaram dizer os principais da sinagoga: Varões irmãos, se vós tendes alguma palavra de consolação para o povo, falai

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Brethren, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, speak.

16 E, levantando-se Paulo, e pedindo silêncio com a mão, disse: Varões israelitas, e os que temeis a Deus, ouvi:

Then Paul arose, and waving his hand, said: Men of Israel, and you who fear God, give audience.

17 O Deus deste povo de Israel escolheu a nossos pais, e exaltou o povo, sendo eles estrangeiros na terra do Egito; e com braço levantado os tirou dela;

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out from it.

18 E suportou os seus costumes no deserto por espaço de quase quarenta anos.

And for about forty years, he cherished them in the wilderness.

19 E, destruindo a sete nações na terra de Canaan, lhes repartiu por sorte a terra deles.

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land among them by lot.

20 E, depois disto, por quase quatrocentos e cincoênta anos, lhes deu juízes, até ao profeta Samuel.

And after that he gave them judges, for about four hundred and fifty years, till Samuel the prophet.

21 E depois pediram um rei, e Deus lhes deu por quarenta anos, a Saul filho de Kis, varão da tribo de Benjamin.

And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 E, tirado este, lhes levantou como rei a David, ao qual também deu testemunho, e disse: Achei a David, filho de Jessé, varão conforme o meu coração, que executará toda a minha vontade.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he gave this testimony: I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

23 Da descendência deste, conforme a promessa, levantou Deus a Jesus para Salvador de Israel;

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

24 Tendo primeiramente João, antes da vinda dele, pregado a todo o povo de Israel o batismo do arrependimento.

John having first preached, before his coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 Mas, como João cumprisse a sua carreira, disse: Quem pensais vós que eu sou? Eu não sou o Cristo; mas eis que após mim vem aquele a quem não sou digno de desatar as alparcas dos pés.

And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

26 Varões irmãos, filhos da geração de Abraão, e os que dentre vós temem a Deus, a vós vos é enviada a palavra desta salvação.

Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

27 Porque, não conhecendo a este os que habitavam em Jerusalém, nem os seus príncipes, condenando-o, cumpriram assim as vozes dos profetas que se lêem todos os sábados.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the words of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day, have fulfilled them in condemning him.

28 E, não achando nenhuma causa de morte, pediram a Pilatos que fosse morto.

And though they found no cause of death, yet they demanded of Pilate that he should be slain.

29 E, havendo eles cumprido todas as coisas que dele estavam escritas, tirando-o do madeiro, o puseram na sepultura;

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.

30 Porém Deus o resuscitou dos mortos.

But God raised him from the dead.

31 E ele por muitos dias foi visto pelos que subiram com ele da Galiléia a Jerusalém, e são suas testemunhas para com o povo.

And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

32 E nós vos anunciamos a promessa que foi feita aos pais, a qual já Deus nos cumpriu, a nós, seus filhos, resuscitando a Jesus:

And we preach to you good news concerning the promise made to our fathers,

33 Como também está escrito no salmo segundo: Meu filho és tu, hoje te gerei.

that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

34 E que o resuscitaria dos mortos, para nunca mais tornar à corrupção, disse-o assim: As santas e fieis bençãos de David vos darei.

But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David.

35 Pelo que também em outro salmo diz: Não permitirás que o teu Santo veja corrupção.

For which reason he says also in another Psalm: Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

36 Porque, na verdade, tendo David no seu tempo servido conforme a vontade de Deus, dormiu, e foi posto junto de seus pais e viu a corrupção,

For David, after serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption.

37 Mas aquele a quem Deus resuscitou nenhuma corrupção viu.

But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

38 Seja-vos pois notório, varões irmãos, que por este se vos anuncia a remissão dos pecados.

Be it known to you, therefore, brethren, that through this man is preached to you the remission of sins:

39 E de tudo o que, pela lei de Moisés não pudestes ser justificados neste é justificado todo aquele que crê.

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

40 Vede pois que não venha sobre vós o que está dito nos profetas:

Take heed, therefore, lest that which is spoken in the prophets come upon you:

41 Vede, ó desprezadores, e espantai vos e desaparecei; porque opero uma obra em vossos dias, obra que não crereis, se alguém vo-la contar.

Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though one fully declare it to you.

42 E, saídos os judeus da sinagoga, os gentios rogaram que no sábado seguinte se lhes falassem as mesmas coisas.

And as they were departing from the synagogue, they were requested to speak these things to them on the next sabbath.

43 E, despedida a sinagoga, muitos dos judeus e dos prosélitos religiosos seguiram Paulo e Barnabé; os quais, falando-lhes, os exortavam a que permanecessem na graça de Deus.

Now, after the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them, and persuaded them to continue faithful to the grace of God.

44 E no sábado seguinte ajuntou-se quase toda a cidade a ouvir a palavra de Deus.

And on the next sabbath-day, almost the whole city met together to hear the word of God.

45 Porém os judeus, vendo a multidão, encheram-se de inveja: e, blasfemando, contradiziam o que Paulo dizia.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.

46 Mas Paulo e Barnabé, usando de ousadia, disseram: Era míster que a vós se vos falasse primeiro a palavra de Deus; mas, visto que a rejeitais, e vos não julgais dignos da vida eterna, eis que nós voltamos para os gentios; (aiōnios g166)

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said: It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to tho Gentiles. (aiōnios g166)

47 Porque o Senhor assim no-lo mandou, dizendo: Eu te pus para luz dos gentios, para que sejas para salvação até aos confins da terra.

For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.

48 E os gentios, ouvindo isto, alegraram-se, e glorificavam a palavra do Senhor; e creram todos quantos estavam ordenados para a vida eterna. (aiōnios g166)

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were determined to obtain eternal life, believed. (aiōnios g166)

49 E a palavra do Senhor se divulgava por toda aquela província.

And the word of the Lord was published throughout the whole of that region.

50 Mas os judeus incitaram a algumas mulheres religiosas e honestas, e aos principais da cidade, e levantaram perseguição contra Paulo e Barnabé, e os lançaram fora dos seus termos.

But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

51 Sacudindo, porém, contra eles o pó dos seus pés, partiram para Icônio.

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

52 E os discípulos estavam cheios de alegria e do Espírito Santo.

And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.